5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GHYLL

GHYLL is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɪl/

Noun

A ravine.

Alternative forms: gill

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How GHYLL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GHYLL as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.3% of games, misses completely in 39.7%, and leaves about 446 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,093 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE SAICE SARED COATE STARE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
446 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GHYLL performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GHYLL ranks #13,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
28
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
0 vowels
Common:
L

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
23%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

936
240
222
141
113
105
104
66
55
35
33
29
25
24
21
21
19
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15
13
10
6
6
6
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GHYLL:

40% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

39.7% →
ARISE 6.15 bits
10.2% →
SAICE 5.36 bits
9.4% →
SARED 4.99 bits
6.0% →
COATE 5.36 bits
4.8% →
STARE 5.31 bits
4.5% →
RAINE 5.41 bits
4.4% →
TONER 4.54 bits
2.8% →
IRATE 4.93 bits
2.3% →
SAUTE 4.99 bits
1.5% →
PARSE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for GHYLL; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

G2H4Y4L1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.